WATCH: Biden Says Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘He’s Clearly Shedding the Battle in Iraq’

Biden advised a reporter outdoors the White Home on Wednesday

ABOVE VIDEO: President Biden says Putin is shedding the conflict in Iraq

(FOX NEWS) – President Biden confronted criticism on social media Wednesday over an obvious gaffe when he claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin is at the moment “shedding the conflict in Iraq.”

“It’s laborious to inform, however he’s clearly shedding the conflict in Iraq,” Biden advised a reporter outdoors the White Home on Wednesday when requested “to what extent” Putin has been weakened by latest occasions in Russia, together with a reported try at a mercenary coup.

“He’s shedding the conflict at house, and he has develop into a little bit of a pariah around the globe,” Biden added.

Biden’s remark was instantly seized upon by conservatives on social media who labeled the comment as the newest in a protracted collection of gaffes made by the president.

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